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Interesting difference from Reddit: Upvotes/Downvotes are not anonymous (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by o_o@programming.dev to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hey folks! Just realized something that makes Lemmy different from Reddit. Because of the federation, your votes are not technically anonymous on Lemmy. At least, I think.

Although there’s no UI to look at a user’s voting history yet, one could conceivably be built by an instance. Perhaps coincidentally, I hear there’s instances out there populated by mostly bots?

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[–] T156@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's also technically not on Reddit either. Letting people see what you up/downvoted is a setting that you can toggle as desired, although I believe that it defaults to "off".

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Yes, I thought that was implied. Voting is part of moderation. All moderation must be radically transparent. Your voting history is the weight of your credibility and reputation on Lemmy.

[–] ablackcatstail@goblackcat.net 1 points 2 years ago

@interdimensionalmeme @o_o Agreed! Your voting history will help others gauge how objective (or not) you are.

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[–] corytheboyd@kbin.social -3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I didn’t know, that’s awesome! Downvote shouldn’t be the “fuck you I disagree” button, save that garbage for Twitter and Reddit. Downvote is there for democratically killing malevolent bullshit. Expose the names!

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